Standard
B major ninth sharp eleven · Frets 1–3
Bmaj9♯11 guitar chord
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How to play Bmaj9♯11 on guitar
The most common way, the first shape above: lay your index finger flat across the four strings from the D to the high E at the 1st fret, your middle finger on the A string at the 2nd fret, your little finger on the G string at the 3rd fret and your ring finger on the B string at the 2nd fret. Don’t play the low E string.
From the low E string x 2 1 3 2 1 (x: not played, 0: open)
An easier Bmaj9♯11
The full shape is a barre chord, hard at first. This one needs no full barre and sounds much the same: your undefined finger on the low E string at the 2nd fret, your little finger on the A string at the 4th fret, your index finger on the D string at the 1st fret, your ring finger on the G string at the 3rd fret and your middle finger on the high E string at the 1st fret. Let the B string ring open.
2 4 1 3 0 1
Bmaj9♯11, the easier shape
StandardThumbOpen position · 5th in bass · 6 strings
What notes are in Bmaj9♯11?
Bmaj9♯11, B major ninth sharp eleven, is B, D♯, F♯, A♯, C♯ and E♯: the root (B), the major third (D♯), the perfect fifth (F♯), the major seventh (A♯), the ninth (C♯) and the sharp eleventh (E♯). Its formula is 1 3 5 7 9 ♯11.
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